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Viagra plus passion: the new lust drug

SCIENTISTS have created the world??s first ??lust drug?? which can spark desire in men who have lost the ability to become sexually aroused. The drug, taken in the form of a nasal spray, has been successfully tested on 270 impotent men who have all since been able to resume their sex lives.

PT-141, as the drug is provisionally named, works by stimulating the parts of the brain responsible for sexual excitement. Medicines such as Viagra, by contrast, restore a man??s sexual potency by directly increasing blood flow without increasing desire.

Dennis Earle, director of business development and strategic planning at Palatin Technologies, the American company based in New Jersey which has invented the medicine, said: ??Let??s assume a man is not aroused by watching a pornographic movie: PT-141 flicks on that arousal switch.??

Only men have been treated with the drug so far, but the researchers are optimistic it could